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OIRAN B
95.6%
of words eliminated

How OIRAN performs

Played first, OIRAN removes about 95.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 5.26 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #913 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, OIRAN left an average of 105 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 265 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeOIRAN
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.2%
Any green or yellow91.4%
Whole row gray8.6%
Worst case answers left265

*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.